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Chapter 1: Storm Gathering
San Fransico, USA
Kate hummed to herself as she walked back to the flat she shared with her best friend and adopted daughter. 'Things just can't get any better. We're finally out of that pathetic orphanage and I don't have to deal with those snobby Rimmer twins anymore. Nope, things definitely couldn't be better'. Kate made her way through the crazy streets of downtown San Fransico but just before she got to her building she noticed a pair of familiar eyes watching her from the bushes of a nearby park. Still humming she changed direction and headed for the bushes. Katherine grinned as she saw her guardian, Flame. He'd been with her for two years now, ever since The Ancient had told her he wouldn't be able to watch over her anymore. Kate had seen him die in one of her dreams a few nights later. She hadn't minded the dreams that much but she didn't like that Tanya had picked up on some of them. She was too young to see what Kate had so it was lucky that Tanya couldn't really remember what happened in them.
When she reached Flame he started walking further into the bushes. Without a second thought Kate followed him, she knew he would never put her in any danger. Although when it started getting dark she began to worry about Tanya being all by herself in the flat for so long.
~Flame where are you taking me? Tanya's going to be worried sick!~
Instead of answering Flame kept walking and only stopped when Kate refused to continue.
~Not much further Firestorm. Do not worry about your young one, she will be fine.~
~I have a name ya know and Tanya is not my young one!~
"But you do care about her" said a male voice from the shadow.
Kate jumped and was ready to call her armour when a familiar monk stepped out. She smiled and gave a small bow, which he returned. But she was more than a little confused as to his presence.
"Ancient One why are you here? I saw you die!"
"I am dead but I have come to tell you that evil is once more rising in Japan. It is time for you to gather the Storm and help your fellow warriors defeat this threat." He then explained as much as he could to her.
"Let me get this straight. Talpa's back for about the millionth time so you've decided it's time we fought him. I have to find the others, convince them to drop everything and go to japan AND then kick Talpa's butt. Did I miss anything?"
"You have summed it up quite well. But be warned Talpa will try to stop you from finding and helping the Ronins and their allies. No matter what happens you must trust them. If you don't stop him then.."
"It's goodbye to the Mortal Realm. I get it! How do I find the other Storms or the Ronins for that matter?"
"You already know the other Storms to some degree. You must convince them to help you fight."
"What about Tanya? What's going to happen to her while I'm." She trailed off at the look on the old monks face.
"NO WAY!! Tanya can't be a Storm! She's too young to fight for the world. It's too dangerous!"
"The Ronins weren't any older when they fought Talpa the first time." He said sadly. "You will need her power if you are to end this for good. Flame can help protect her."
"How am I supposed to tell her? She's finally made some friends and now I'm supposed to drag her off to Japan. It isn't fair!"
"Life very rarely is Firestorm, as you well know. She will learn and I think she will surprise you. I must go now. Remember you are the leader. It is your responsibility to find the others. Good luck Katherine Sanada. I will be watching."
With that Kate found herself back in the park, the sun still shining. Looking at her watch she found that only 10 minutes had passed, not the hours she had thought. 'How am I going to tell Tanya?' Shrugging to herself she started towards her building, the good mood from earlier gone.
"Hi Tanya, I'm home!" Kate called as she entered the small flat that the two shared. Tanya was still in High School so she finished earlier than Kate who was in College.
"Hi Katie, did you have a god day?" asked a voice from the kitchen.
"It was ok." She replied walking into the kitchen to find Tanya lying on her back under the temperamental sink. "Um, what are you doing down there?
"The sink was blocked and since you weren't home yet I decided to fix it." The younger girl said as she carefully sat up, pushing her long blonde/white hair out of her face.
Kate turned it on to find it in perfect working order. "Good but what about schoolwork?"
"Today was the last day for the summer or did you forget?"
"Nope, just checking." She answered with a grin
"Katie!!"
"How about I get changed and we have a girls night out on the town? What do you say?"
Twenty minutes later the two girls where in line at the local cinema when Kate spotted two very familiar people.
"Great, the twins are here!" she grumbled.
Alec turned and looked at her even though there was no way he could have heard her at that distance. As their eyes locked both got a funny feeling as if they'd stuck a hand into live electrical current. Disconcerted, Kate turned away and realised that it was their turn to buy tickets. Half way through the movie Kate realised that she had felt that once before, when she met Tanya. 'Could Alec be a Storm? I sure hope not, I don't know if he'd take orders from me.' After the movie they had dinner and went home. Everything was fine for a few days before Kate got the feeling again, this time with a boy from Tanya's school, Derek.
Kate ran into Derek in the mall while shopping for the weekly supplies. She knew him vaguely but he was a year younger than she was and a year older than Tanya so they'd never really talked. With his hair colour you couldn't miss him. Usually he was with his brothers but today he was alone and looking straight at her. That's when she got the feeling again. He obviously felt it too, judging by the look on his face. Deciding that he was better to approach than Alec, Kate walked over to him. He looked at her warily but didn't say anything.
"Do you know the Storm?" she asked the question the Ancient had drilled into her.
Derek nearly hit the roof. Why would she ask him that? Before he knew what was happening he found himself answering.
"Yes I know the Storm. Do you?"
He was in shock. Where had that come from? Yet it felt natural. The something that had been nagging him for the past three years was gone. He actually felt at peace for some strange reason.
Kate smiled at her fellow Ronin.
"Yes I know the Storm. I've been looking for you. It is time for the Storm to gather."
Derek just nodded and the two started walking to Kate's favourite training grounds, an abandoned gym at the edge of the city. Once there Kate explained everything.
Derek listened to her explaining about an evil Dynasty and mystical armours while trying to convince himself he was dreaming. But he wasn't and he knew it. Especially when Kate's forehead started glowing. From the tingling sensation he was feeling his was too. He closed his eyes and focused on the sensation.
"Innocence!"
In a flash of light Derek found himself in the subarmour of the Windstorm Armour. It felt completely natural! Kate smiled before summoning her own subarmour.
"Hope!"
In a flash of light Kate felt the familiar armour mould to her body and with it came the feeling of power.
"Welcome to the Ronin Storms Derek of Windstorm."
As Kate welcomed him Derek felt the deepest feelings of acceptance and homecoming that he had ever felt. With some surprise he realised he wasn't the only source of these feelings.
~Yes Derek we are linked. It's kind of weird but hopefully we'll get used to it.~
Even though he could hear her he realised Kate's lips hadn't moved. The armours had somehow linked them telepathically. He found that when he focused on her he could pick up on her feelings and even memories. She smiled and closed her eyes. Derek felt a kind of curtain fall in front of her memories.
"Sorry but memories are private. I'll try to teach you how to do that so we don't drive each other nuts."
"How did you know how to do that?"
"I've been training with the armour for a while and a certain guardian has a habit of trying to snoop around in my head so I learned out of necessity."
"Guardian?"
Kate smiled and let out a high pitched whistle. A few seconds later a timber wolf stepped out of the shadows. For some reason Derek felt no fear even though he was standing only a few feet away from a wolf.
"Derek this is Flame, Flame this is Derek of Windstorm." "Um, hi Flame." He felt slightly foolish talking to a wolf.
Flame looked him in the eye and then turned to Kate. She cocked her head as if listening to something he couldn't hear.
"Flame says hello and that he is glad you have found and accepted your destiny."
"How do you know what he said?"
"Flame and I can communicate in a similar way that we can but he says I'm the only one who can hear him because he's linked to my armour."
"Ok."
"Now we have to find the others and go to Japan so we can help the Ronins' beat Talpa once and for all."
"Doesn't sound too hard. Do you know who the others are?"
"Do you know my friend Tanya?" At Dereks' nod Kate continued. "Well she's one of us but I don't know which. I thought she might be Innocence but I guess I was wrong."
"Why don't you know?' He asked, puzzled.
"Because I haven't mentioned anything to her yet. She's so young and stuff that I didn't want her involved."
"I hate to say it but she is involved. What if you did leave her behind? When Talpa finds out one of us is missing and starts back tracking to find out where we came from he will find her. What would you do if she was captured or killed because she couldn't defend herself because you hadn't told her? It would kill you not to mention her."
"I know I just don't know how to tell her."
"Well you better tell her soon!" Derek looked outside. "I'd better get going, my parents will flip if I'm not home soon." He changed back into his street clothes and started too walk away.
"Oh No!"
"What!"
"How am I going to convince my parents to let me go to Japan? They'll never agree!"
"Don't worry we'll think of something. After all it's our "destiny" to go so something will happen."
"Ok, see ya around. Oh, and don't forget to tell Tanya." Then he was gone. Kate left shortly after he did but didn't get home till after dark as she'd scouted out the Rimmer's place a bit (it was HUGE!). If Alec was a Ronin she would have to approach him eventually.
She walked into the flat and found Tanya on the couch watching a movie.
"Hey Tanya, we need to talk, could you turn it off?"
"Ok." The TV turned off with a click as Kate sat down across from her friend. How to start? 'Should I just ask her or give her a bit of a warning about what's going on? I don't know how to do this to her.'
~Just tell her Firestorm. She will accept. She trusts you and now you must trust her to be able to handle this.~
~Thanks Flame, all I need is you making side comments while I'm trying to talk to her. Do you mind?~
~Very well. Good luck.~
Meantime Tanya sat watching her friend and technically mother as she sat staring at her hands. Something must really be wrong for her to be this silent. What if she had to go back to the orphanage? Tanya didn't want to think about THAT.
"Katie what did you want to talk to me about?"
Kate jumped as Tanya's question brought her back to reality.
"Are you ok? Do I have to go back to the orphanage?"
"What? No, that's not what I wanted to say."
'It might be safer for you if you did.' Kate didn't say that to Tanya though. She better get it over with before she completely lost her nerve. She only hoped their small flat could handle the amounts of energy that would be released soon.
"Do you remember those dreams you had a few years ago?"
"Not really, just that there was fighting and they were scary."
"You weren't meant to have them. I'm sorry you saw what you did." Kate looked away.
"What do you mean?" Tanya was confused. How could Kate say she wasn't meant to have those dreams?
"I had the same dreams only they were more detailed and I remember them. Only I was meant to get them. You weren't."
"Oh, how do you know that?" She was getting more confused with every sentence. And on top of that she had a really weird feeling.
"The Ancient told me in one of the dreams you didn't see. Before you ask he's sort of a guide to me. I need to ask you a question; it has to do with the dreams. I guess I'm afraid you'll hate me for asking you though."
"Don't be silly Kate. Why would I hate you for asking me something?"
"Because it will probably ruin your life." Kate took a deep breath and "Do you know the Storm?"
Tanya's face went blank with shock and then "Yes, I know the Storm."
Kate let out the breath she hadn't realised she'd been holding as Tanya answered.
As she answered the weird feeling went away and left Tanya with a sense of peace. She looked at Kate who was studying her.
"What did I just say?"
Kate smiled sadly and proceeded to explain everything for the second time that day. When she finished Tanya was obviously shocked though wether it was because of what she'd been told or because Kate's kanji was glowing a brilliant gold, Kate didn't know.
Tanya could feel a tingling sensation on her forehead and she knew a similar symbol was glowing there. Closing her eyes she focused and stood
"Purity!"
There was a flash of light and then Tanya was in the subarmour of Icestorm in front of a torn up couch and the wall behind it was damaged. She looked herself up and down and then looked at Kate. Kate smiled and summoned her subarmour again. Tanya gasped as the TV blew and the seat behind Kate was trashed.
"Oops." Tanya said with a nervous laugh. Kate smiled at her.
"Welcome to the Ronin Storms Tanya of Icestorm."
"Thanks, I think."
~Yeah welcome to the team Tanya!~
Tanya nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound of a male voice in her head.
~Derek do you mind not scaring her?~
~Sorry Kate just though I'd add my own welcome.~
~Next time give a bit of warning first. OK?~
~Sure.~
"Tanya you remember Derek from school?"
"Yeah but how'd he do that?"
~We're linked telepathically through our armour. Just think what you want to say and we can hear you.~
"OK." ~Derek can you hear me?~
~Loud and clear. You ok with all this?~
~I guess so. When did you find out?~
~Kate told me a few hours ago.~
~OK. Kate I thought you said there are 5 of us. Who are the other 2?~
~I'm not sure. Alec Rimmer is a maybe but I have no clue about the last one. The Ancient said it was someone I know so at least that narrows it down a bit.~
~Could it be someone from the orphanage you two were at? Oops! Got to go my parents are getting worried about me being so silent.~
~Meet us at the old gym at 11am.~
~Right, see you then, Night all!~
~Night Derek.~
~Sweet dreams!~
"KATIE!"
"What?" She asked innocently.
"You're impossible that's what!"
"Come on lets have dinner. We're going to have a busy day tomorrow and I have a feeling things will get more and more hectic.
Toyama, Japan
"Hey Ryo! When did Kayura say they're coming? Asked a blue haired teen.
"Sometime this morning. Guess they're running late." Answered his black haired companion.
"I wish they'd hurry up. I'm starved!" Stated a third as he walked in.
Ryo and Rowen laughed at their friend.
"Kento you're always hungry. How did you survive all those battles?"
"I barely did I was sooo hungry!"
"Any idea what the surprise is they're bringing?" Asked a blonde teen as he walked in from meditating in the forest.
"Not a clue."
Before they could discuss it further they heard a loud crash from the living room followed by a woman's scream. The four boys ran to the other room to find five people collapsed on the floor.
"Mia, what happened?" Ryo asked as he went to his girlfriend.
"I don't know. I was coming to tell you that Cye has finished lunch and they just appeared. They just gave me a bit of a fright, sorry for screaming."
Cye chose that moment to walk in from the kitchen and gave everyone a curious look.
"What's going on?"
"Didn't you hear Mia scream?" Rowen asked.
"No, but I had the dishwasher and microwave going. What happened to them?"
"Don't know we'll have to wait till they wake up. Sage you better check them for injuries."
"Right."
Um, Ryo, shouldn't there be four of them?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Well there are five."
"What!"
"Kento's right Ryo." Rowen pointed out.
They all took a closer look at the group sprawled on the floor with Sage leaning over them. Kayura, Dais, Sekhmet and Cale were their but there was also a fifth, a man with familiar long red hair.
"It can't be. He's dead. Isn't he?" Cye asked in a whisper.
"I guess we found out what the surprise is."
To be continued.
Chapter 1: Storm Gathering
San Fransico, USA
Kate hummed to herself as she walked back to the flat she shared with her best friend and adopted daughter. 'Things just can't get any better. We're finally out of that pathetic orphanage and I don't have to deal with those snobby Rimmer twins anymore. Nope, things definitely couldn't be better'. Kate made her way through the crazy streets of downtown San Fransico but just before she got to her building she noticed a pair of familiar eyes watching her from the bushes of a nearby park. Still humming she changed direction and headed for the bushes. Katherine grinned as she saw her guardian, Flame. He'd been with her for two years now, ever since The Ancient had told her he wouldn't be able to watch over her anymore. Kate had seen him die in one of her dreams a few nights later. She hadn't minded the dreams that much but she didn't like that Tanya had picked up on some of them. She was too young to see what Kate had so it was lucky that Tanya couldn't really remember what happened in them.
When she reached Flame he started walking further into the bushes. Without a second thought Kate followed him, she knew he would never put her in any danger. Although when it started getting dark she began to worry about Tanya being all by herself in the flat for so long.
~Flame where are you taking me? Tanya's going to be worried sick!~
Instead of answering Flame kept walking and only stopped when Kate refused to continue.
~Not much further Firestorm. Do not worry about your young one, she will be fine.~
~I have a name ya know and Tanya is not my young one!~
"But you do care about her" said a male voice from the shadow.
Kate jumped and was ready to call her armour when a familiar monk stepped out. She smiled and gave a small bow, which he returned. But she was more than a little confused as to his presence.
"Ancient One why are you here? I saw you die!"
"I am dead but I have come to tell you that evil is once more rising in Japan. It is time for you to gather the Storm and help your fellow warriors defeat this threat." He then explained as much as he could to her.
"Let me get this straight. Talpa's back for about the millionth time so you've decided it's time we fought him. I have to find the others, convince them to drop everything and go to japan AND then kick Talpa's butt. Did I miss anything?"
"You have summed it up quite well. But be warned Talpa will try to stop you from finding and helping the Ronins and their allies. No matter what happens you must trust them. If you don't stop him then.."
"It's goodbye to the Mortal Realm. I get it! How do I find the other Storms or the Ronins for that matter?"
"You already know the other Storms to some degree. You must convince them to help you fight."
"What about Tanya? What's going to happen to her while I'm." She trailed off at the look on the old monks face.
"NO WAY!! Tanya can't be a Storm! She's too young to fight for the world. It's too dangerous!"
"The Ronins weren't any older when they fought Talpa the first time." He said sadly. "You will need her power if you are to end this for good. Flame can help protect her."
"How am I supposed to tell her? She's finally made some friends and now I'm supposed to drag her off to Japan. It isn't fair!"
"Life very rarely is Firestorm, as you well know. She will learn and I think she will surprise you. I must go now. Remember you are the leader. It is your responsibility to find the others. Good luck Katherine Sanada. I will be watching."
With that Kate found herself back in the park, the sun still shining. Looking at her watch she found that only 10 minutes had passed, not the hours she had thought. 'How am I going to tell Tanya?' Shrugging to herself she started towards her building, the good mood from earlier gone.
"Hi Tanya, I'm home!" Kate called as she entered the small flat that the two shared. Tanya was still in High School so she finished earlier than Kate who was in College.
"Hi Katie, did you have a god day?" asked a voice from the kitchen.
"It was ok." She replied walking into the kitchen to find Tanya lying on her back under the temperamental sink. "Um, what are you doing down there?
"The sink was blocked and since you weren't home yet I decided to fix it." The younger girl said as she carefully sat up, pushing her long blonde/white hair out of her face.
Kate turned it on to find it in perfect working order. "Good but what about schoolwork?"
"Today was the last day for the summer or did you forget?"
"Nope, just checking." She answered with a grin
"Katie!!"
"How about I get changed and we have a girls night out on the town? What do you say?"
Twenty minutes later the two girls where in line at the local cinema when Kate spotted two very familiar people.
"Great, the twins are here!" she grumbled.
Alec turned and looked at her even though there was no way he could have heard her at that distance. As their eyes locked both got a funny feeling as if they'd stuck a hand into live electrical current. Disconcerted, Kate turned away and realised that it was their turn to buy tickets. Half way through the movie Kate realised that she had felt that once before, when she met Tanya. 'Could Alec be a Storm? I sure hope not, I don't know if he'd take orders from me.' After the movie they had dinner and went home. Everything was fine for a few days before Kate got the feeling again, this time with a boy from Tanya's school, Derek.
Kate ran into Derek in the mall while shopping for the weekly supplies. She knew him vaguely but he was a year younger than she was and a year older than Tanya so they'd never really talked. With his hair colour you couldn't miss him. Usually he was with his brothers but today he was alone and looking straight at her. That's when she got the feeling again. He obviously felt it too, judging by the look on his face. Deciding that he was better to approach than Alec, Kate walked over to him. He looked at her warily but didn't say anything.
"Do you know the Storm?" she asked the question the Ancient had drilled into her.
Derek nearly hit the roof. Why would she ask him that? Before he knew what was happening he found himself answering.
"Yes I know the Storm. Do you?"
He was in shock. Where had that come from? Yet it felt natural. The something that had been nagging him for the past three years was gone. He actually felt at peace for some strange reason.
Kate smiled at her fellow Ronin.
"Yes I know the Storm. I've been looking for you. It is time for the Storm to gather."
Derek just nodded and the two started walking to Kate's favourite training grounds, an abandoned gym at the edge of the city. Once there Kate explained everything.
Derek listened to her explaining about an evil Dynasty and mystical armours while trying to convince himself he was dreaming. But he wasn't and he knew it. Especially when Kate's forehead started glowing. From the tingling sensation he was feeling his was too. He closed his eyes and focused on the sensation.
"Innocence!"
In a flash of light Derek found himself in the subarmour of the Windstorm Armour. It felt completely natural! Kate smiled before summoning her own subarmour.
"Hope!"
In a flash of light Kate felt the familiar armour mould to her body and with it came the feeling of power.
"Welcome to the Ronin Storms Derek of Windstorm."
As Kate welcomed him Derek felt the deepest feelings of acceptance and homecoming that he had ever felt. With some surprise he realised he wasn't the only source of these feelings.
~Yes Derek we are linked. It's kind of weird but hopefully we'll get used to it.~
Even though he could hear her he realised Kate's lips hadn't moved. The armours had somehow linked them telepathically. He found that when he focused on her he could pick up on her feelings and even memories. She smiled and closed her eyes. Derek felt a kind of curtain fall in front of her memories.
"Sorry but memories are private. I'll try to teach you how to do that so we don't drive each other nuts."
"How did you know how to do that?"
"I've been training with the armour for a while and a certain guardian has a habit of trying to snoop around in my head so I learned out of necessity."
"Guardian?"
Kate smiled and let out a high pitched whistle. A few seconds later a timber wolf stepped out of the shadows. For some reason Derek felt no fear even though he was standing only a few feet away from a wolf.
"Derek this is Flame, Flame this is Derek of Windstorm." "Um, hi Flame." He felt slightly foolish talking to a wolf.
Flame looked him in the eye and then turned to Kate. She cocked her head as if listening to something he couldn't hear.
"Flame says hello and that he is glad you have found and accepted your destiny."
"How do you know what he said?"
"Flame and I can communicate in a similar way that we can but he says I'm the only one who can hear him because he's linked to my armour."
"Ok."
"Now we have to find the others and go to Japan so we can help the Ronins' beat Talpa once and for all."
"Doesn't sound too hard. Do you know who the others are?"
"Do you know my friend Tanya?" At Dereks' nod Kate continued. "Well she's one of us but I don't know which. I thought she might be Innocence but I guess I was wrong."
"Why don't you know?' He asked, puzzled.
"Because I haven't mentioned anything to her yet. She's so young and stuff that I didn't want her involved."
"I hate to say it but she is involved. What if you did leave her behind? When Talpa finds out one of us is missing and starts back tracking to find out where we came from he will find her. What would you do if she was captured or killed because she couldn't defend herself because you hadn't told her? It would kill you not to mention her."
"I know I just don't know how to tell her."
"Well you better tell her soon!" Derek looked outside. "I'd better get going, my parents will flip if I'm not home soon." He changed back into his street clothes and started too walk away.
"Oh No!"
"What!"
"How am I going to convince my parents to let me go to Japan? They'll never agree!"
"Don't worry we'll think of something. After all it's our "destiny" to go so something will happen."
"Ok, see ya around. Oh, and don't forget to tell Tanya." Then he was gone. Kate left shortly after he did but didn't get home till after dark as she'd scouted out the Rimmer's place a bit (it was HUGE!). If Alec was a Ronin she would have to approach him eventually.
She walked into the flat and found Tanya on the couch watching a movie.
"Hey Tanya, we need to talk, could you turn it off?"
"Ok." The TV turned off with a click as Kate sat down across from her friend. How to start? 'Should I just ask her or give her a bit of a warning about what's going on? I don't know how to do this to her.'
~Just tell her Firestorm. She will accept. She trusts you and now you must trust her to be able to handle this.~
~Thanks Flame, all I need is you making side comments while I'm trying to talk to her. Do you mind?~
~Very well. Good luck.~
Meantime Tanya sat watching her friend and technically mother as she sat staring at her hands. Something must really be wrong for her to be this silent. What if she had to go back to the orphanage? Tanya didn't want to think about THAT.
"Katie what did you want to talk to me about?"
Kate jumped as Tanya's question brought her back to reality.
"Are you ok? Do I have to go back to the orphanage?"
"What? No, that's not what I wanted to say."
'It might be safer for you if you did.' Kate didn't say that to Tanya though. She better get it over with before she completely lost her nerve. She only hoped their small flat could handle the amounts of energy that would be released soon.
"Do you remember those dreams you had a few years ago?"
"Not really, just that there was fighting and they were scary."
"You weren't meant to have them. I'm sorry you saw what you did." Kate looked away.
"What do you mean?" Tanya was confused. How could Kate say she wasn't meant to have those dreams?
"I had the same dreams only they were more detailed and I remember them. Only I was meant to get them. You weren't."
"Oh, how do you know that?" She was getting more confused with every sentence. And on top of that she had a really weird feeling.
"The Ancient told me in one of the dreams you didn't see. Before you ask he's sort of a guide to me. I need to ask you a question; it has to do with the dreams. I guess I'm afraid you'll hate me for asking you though."
"Don't be silly Kate. Why would I hate you for asking me something?"
"Because it will probably ruin your life." Kate took a deep breath and "Do you know the Storm?"
Tanya's face went blank with shock and then "Yes, I know the Storm."
Kate let out the breath she hadn't realised she'd been holding as Tanya answered.
As she answered the weird feeling went away and left Tanya with a sense of peace. She looked at Kate who was studying her.
"What did I just say?"
Kate smiled sadly and proceeded to explain everything for the second time that day. When she finished Tanya was obviously shocked though wether it was because of what she'd been told or because Kate's kanji was glowing a brilliant gold, Kate didn't know.
Tanya could feel a tingling sensation on her forehead and she knew a similar symbol was glowing there. Closing her eyes she focused and stood
"Purity!"
There was a flash of light and then Tanya was in the subarmour of Icestorm in front of a torn up couch and the wall behind it was damaged. She looked herself up and down and then looked at Kate. Kate smiled and summoned her subarmour again. Tanya gasped as the TV blew and the seat behind Kate was trashed.
"Oops." Tanya said with a nervous laugh. Kate smiled at her.
"Welcome to the Ronin Storms Tanya of Icestorm."
"Thanks, I think."
~Yeah welcome to the team Tanya!~
Tanya nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound of a male voice in her head.
~Derek do you mind not scaring her?~
~Sorry Kate just though I'd add my own welcome.~
~Next time give a bit of warning first. OK?~
~Sure.~
"Tanya you remember Derek from school?"
"Yeah but how'd he do that?"
~We're linked telepathically through our armour. Just think what you want to say and we can hear you.~
"OK." ~Derek can you hear me?~
~Loud and clear. You ok with all this?~
~I guess so. When did you find out?~
~Kate told me a few hours ago.~
~OK. Kate I thought you said there are 5 of us. Who are the other 2?~
~I'm not sure. Alec Rimmer is a maybe but I have no clue about the last one. The Ancient said it was someone I know so at least that narrows it down a bit.~
~Could it be someone from the orphanage you two were at? Oops! Got to go my parents are getting worried about me being so silent.~
~Meet us at the old gym at 11am.~
~Right, see you then, Night all!~
~Night Derek.~
~Sweet dreams!~
"KATIE!"
"What?" She asked innocently.
"You're impossible that's what!"
"Come on lets have dinner. We're going to have a busy day tomorrow and I have a feeling things will get more and more hectic.
Toyama, Japan
"Hey Ryo! When did Kayura say they're coming? Asked a blue haired teen.
"Sometime this morning. Guess they're running late." Answered his black haired companion.
"I wish they'd hurry up. I'm starved!" Stated a third as he walked in.
Ryo and Rowen laughed at their friend.
"Kento you're always hungry. How did you survive all those battles?"
"I barely did I was sooo hungry!"
"Any idea what the surprise is they're bringing?" Asked a blonde teen as he walked in from meditating in the forest.
"Not a clue."
Before they could discuss it further they heard a loud crash from the living room followed by a woman's scream. The four boys ran to the other room to find five people collapsed on the floor.
"Mia, what happened?" Ryo asked as he went to his girlfriend.
"I don't know. I was coming to tell you that Cye has finished lunch and they just appeared. They just gave me a bit of a fright, sorry for screaming."
Cye chose that moment to walk in from the kitchen and gave everyone a curious look.
"What's going on?"
"Didn't you hear Mia scream?" Rowen asked.
"No, but I had the dishwasher and microwave going. What happened to them?"
"Don't know we'll have to wait till they wake up. Sage you better check them for injuries."
"Right."
Um, Ryo, shouldn't there be four of them?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Well there are five."
"What!"
"Kento's right Ryo." Rowen pointed out.
They all took a closer look at the group sprawled on the floor with Sage leaning over them. Kayura, Dais, Sekhmet and Cale were their but there was also a fifth, a man with familiar long red hair.
"It can't be. He's dead. Isn't he?" Cye asked in a whisper.
"I guess we found out what the surprise is."
To be continued.